Mrs. Barbara Soape Daniels

April 4, 1940 - July 24, 2018

Funeral services for Mrs. Barbara Soape Daniels, 78, of Splendora, Texas will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 27, 2018 in the Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel, Carthage, TX with a private burial to follow in Antioch Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 1 – 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Barbara Soape Daniels was born April 4, 1940 in Carthage, Texas to AD and Hazel Marie Barton Soape and passed away July 24, 2018 in Center, Texas. The second of six children, Barbara was raised and schooled in Carthage, graduating from Carthage High School with the class of 1958. She furthered her education at Panola Jr. College, then attended Stephen F. Austin University where she received her degree in Education. She later attended Sam Houston State University where she earned her ESL endorsement. Barbara taught school in North Forrest ISD, Splendora ISD and Cleveland ISD, retiring after 36 years of service. She married John Linton Daniels on January 16, 1963 and together they celebrated 33 years of marriage. Mrs. Daniels was a member of the Faithful and True Fellowship in Cleveland, as well as the Women’s Club of Cleveland, Delta Kappa Gamma and Texas Retired School Teachers Association. She enjoyed reading, crafting, cooking and working at charity events. Mrs. Daniels was preceded in death by her parents, husband and brothers, Charles Soape and Roger Soape. Mrs. Daniels is survived by her children, Annamarie Daniels, Erin Leigh Johnson and LaRaye A. Bailey; siblings, Jerry Soape and wife Janet, Wanda Langford and Richard Soape and wife Jane; grandchildren, Sarah Ann Wilson, Robert Shaun Johnson and Justin Lee Simons and beloved pets, Bagels and Hercules. An online guestbook may be signed at www.hawthornfuneralhome.com.